This article appeared in The Hindu dated 14th March 2016 and the weblink is http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-educationplus/tricki...

Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest and Climate Change presented the Best ENVIS Centre (thematic) 2014-15 award to Dr.T.V.Ramachandra, Centre for Ecological ciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
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Renee M. Borges was invited to make a Premier Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, in November 2015. Her presentation was titled: Diversity of interactions in mutualism-centred plant–insect symbioses: the case of figs and fig wasps. She was interviewed after the presentation and portions of this interview are on the Society's YouTube Channel.

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar announced at the COP21 meeting in Paris recently that India will set up eight new Long Term Ecological Observatories (I-LTEO) to monitor the effects of global warming on eco-sensitive, bio-diverse regions.

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Picture in the middle: (C) Times of India

Congratulations to Professor Raghavendra Gadagkar on being awarded the Cross of Order of the Merit, Germany’s highest civilian honour. The award was presented to him by the Consul-General of Germany, Mr. Joern Rohde in Bengaluru on 7th August 2015. The award was bestowed upon him in recognition of his important scientific contributions in the field of behavioural ecology and sociobiology and his efforts at strengthening Indo-German research collaboration and intellectual exchange.

Image caption: Mixed flock illustration on the left (credit: Rangu Narayan) and Dr Hari Sridhar on the right.

Congratulations Hari!

Dr. Hari Sridhar, a recent PhD student of Dr. Kartik Shanker from the Centre for Ecological Sciences, has been awarded two prestigious awards for his doctoral thesis work.

Ben Bolker talks about learning statistics, common statistical mistakes which people make, statistical machismo, softwares and R, statistical philosophies, and his favourite papers and textbooks.

On discovering a new plant species

This was first published at Ecology Students Society blog "https://cesess.wordpress.com/2015/06/09/on-discovering-a-new-plant-species/"

Today we celebrate the World Environment Day, to raise awareness about the importance of a clean, green and healthy environment for human well-being, and to encourage everyone for taking positive action in addressing challenging environmental issues. Celebrated each year on 5th June, the Day marks the opening of the United Nations Conference on Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972.